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1. This strange eventful history: a novel

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Author:
Messud, Claire, 1966-
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company
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©2024
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English
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Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family's history, this masterful story follows the Cassars over seven decades, starting with patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them, and ending with Chloe, who believes telling her family's buried stories will bring them all peace.

2. A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families

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Author:
Holroyd, Michael
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date:
2010
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English
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS EBOOK DOES NOT CONTAIN PHOTOS INCLUDED IN THE PRINT EDITION. Deemed "a prodigy among biographers" by The New York Times Book Review, Michael Holroyd transformed biography into an art. Now he turns his keen observation, humane insight, and epic scope on an ensemble cast, a remarkable dynasty that presided over the golden age of theater. Ellen Terry was an ethereal beauty, the child bride of a Pre-Raphaelite painter who made her the...

3. Wuthering Heights

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Author:
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
Series:
Oxford world's classics
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Lexile measure:
880L
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3.7 stars
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"Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The intense and unbreakable bond between the fiery Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff has startled and fascinated readers since its first publication in 1847. Of uncertain parentage and ethnicity, Heathcliff comes to Wuthering Heights as a child when Catherine's father finds him wandering alone through...

4. Dracula

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Author:
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912
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Oxford world's classics
Signet classic
Everyman's library
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Lexile measure:
990L
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4.6 stars
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"A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But...

5. A tale of two cities

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Author:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Signature classics
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Lexile measure:
870L
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3.4 stars
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When millions suffer under iron-fisted oppression, when anger and resentment boil into bloody rebellion, when triumph leads to savage vengeance - does one individual life matter? In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens interweaves the intensely personal dramas of Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton with the terror and chaos of the French Revolution. Lucie struggles desperately to restore the health of a father driven mad by years of...

6. Alice's adventures in wonderland & Through the looking-glass

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Author:
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
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Puffin chalk
Alice in Wonderland
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Rainbow classics
Lexile measure:
950L
Language:
English
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4.5 stars
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...

7. Kidnapped

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Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Series:
Timeless Classics
Rainbow classics
David Balfour volume 1
Classic collection
Lexile measure:
990L
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3 stars
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In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.

8. The picture of Dorian Gray and other stories

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Author:
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
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Penguin popular classics
Vintage classics
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Lexile measure:
970L
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4 stars
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The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward, who is greatly impressed by Dorian's physical beauty and becomes strongly infatuated with him, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that...

9. The murder of Roger Ackroyd

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Author:
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
Series:
Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers
Hercule Poirot volume 4
Agatha Christie mystery collection
Lexile measure:
720L
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4 stars
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A widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secrey affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study, but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. Kings Abbot is crawling with suspects and it's up to famous detective, Hercule Poirot, to solve the case.

10. Leaving time: a novel

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Author:
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
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4.4 stars
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"Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment . . . or worse. Still Jenna--now thirteen years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief--steadfastly refuses to believe in her...

11. The woman in white

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Author:
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
Series:
Naxos AudioBooks complete classics
Penguin classics
Language:
English
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5 stars
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Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelations, amnesia, locked rooms and locked asylums, and an unorthodox villain made this mystery thriller an instant success when it first appeared in 1860, and it has continued to enthrall readers ever since.

12. The mystery of Mrs. Christie: a novel

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Author:
Benedict, Marie
Series:
Thorndike Press large print core
Language:
English
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2.8 stars
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"December 1926: England unleashes the largest manhunt in its history. The object of the search is not an escaped convict or a war criminal, but the missing wife of a WWI hero, up-and-coming mystery author Agatha Christie. When her car is found wrecked, empty, and abandoned near a natural spring, the country is in a frenzy. Eleven days later, Agatha reappears, claiming amnesia. She provides no answers for her disappearance. That is...until she writes...

13. A portrait of the artist as a young man

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Author:
Joyce, James, 1882-1941
Series:
Viking compass edition
Tantor unabridged classics
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English
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4.5 stars
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The chronicle of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and young offers an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce. Exuberantly inventive, this coming-of-age story is a tour de force of style and technique.

14. The hunchback of Notre-Dame

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Author:
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Series:
Timeless Classics
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Bantam fifty volume F1526
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Lexile measure:
1170L
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"The hidden force of fate is symbolized by the superhuman grandeur and multitudinous imageries of the cathedral. 'The first part ... is a panorama of medieval life--religious, civic, popular, and criminal--drawn with immense learning and an amazing command of spectacular effect. These elements are then set into motion in a fantastic and grandiose drama, of which the personages are romantic sublimations of human virtues and passions--Quasimodo the...

15. A Study in Scarlet

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Author:
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Series:
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes volume 1
Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection volume 1
Lexile measure:
1050L
Language:
English
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In the dimly lit alleys of Victorian London, a dense fog cloaks the city, wrapping its secrets in an enigmatic shroud. The air is thick with anticipation as a mysterious letter arrives at 221B Baker Street, the famed residence of the unparalleled detective, Sherlock Holmes. The sender, a shadowy figure known only as "The Midnight Scribe," beckons Holmes and his ever-loyal companion, Dr. John Watson, into a web of intrigue that will test the limits...

16. The castle of Otranto: a Gothic story

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Author:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
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English
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When tragedy strikes on his son's wedding day, Lord Manfred believes it is a foreboding omen, and will do whatever it takes to stop it-no matter how immoral. Set in the 18th century, The Castle of Otranto begins on the day Manfred's son, Conrad, was meant to be married. Known for his sickly nature, Conrad is the eldest child of two, and is set to marry Princess Isabella, a union that would reap strong benefits for the noble family. However, when tragedy...

17. The Valley of Fear

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Author:
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Series:
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes volume 7
Language:
English
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Step into the captivating world of "The Valley of Fear," a thrilling masterpiece by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on an unforgettable journey into the heart of mystery and intrigue. Published in 1915, this novel is a riveting addition to the iconic detective series, offering a perfect blend of suspense, deduction, and rich storytelling. Picture yourself immersed in the atmospheric landscapes of the American coalfields...

18. The house of silk: a Sherlock Holmes novel

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Author:
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-
Series:
Horowitz's Holmes
Language:
English
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4 stars
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It is 1890. A year after Holmes's death, Watson--now in a retirement home--narrates a tale of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. The story opens with a train robbery in Boston, and moves to the innocuous setting of Wimbledon.

19. The Sign of the Four

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Author:
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Series:
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes volume 2
Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection volume 2
Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
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Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four is the second novel in the Sherlock Holmes series, following the enormously successful novel A Study In Scarlet. With the mysterious disappearance of a British Indian army officer, a one-legged hooligan, a stolen treasure, and a nefarious pact between four con-men, this novel of revenge and love is an exquisite classic of crime fiction. In the infamous opening of the novel, Dr. Watson finds Sherlock Holmes in...

20. The Lair of the White Worm

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Author:
Stoker, Bram
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English
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The Lair of the White Worm (1911) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Published only a year before Stoker's death, The Lair of the White Worm helped to establish the Irish master of Gothic horror's reputation as a leading writer of the early-twentieth century. The novel is partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm, a story from popular English folklore dating back to at least the 14th century. In 1860, an Australian named Adam Salton is contacted...
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